NetApp Releases Data ONTAP 8.2.1 RC1

December 16th, 2013

NetApp last week released Data ONTAP 8.2.1 Release Candidate (RC) 1, an update to its flagship operating system for FAS/V-Series Storage Systems. The new features of version 8.2.1 focus on three key areas:

Nondisruptive Operations

Shelf Removal

Storage Refresh Automation

MS SQL Server over SMB 3.0 with continuously-available shares

Offbox Antivirus

Proven Efficiency

Automated Workflow Analyzer (AWA)

Data ONTAP Edge for clustered Data ONTAP

System Setup

Seamless Scalability

LDAP over SSL

Enterprise SMB features

Qtree export policies for NFSv3

Increased SnapMirror and SnapVault fan-in

In-place 32-bit to 64-bit aggregate upgrade

In addition to these features, the OnCommand Management Suite has been updated to support this release with the following new release candidates: